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GSK to offer flexible drug pricing in middle-income countries

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) "plans to bolster earnings by selling to more people in middle-income countries after cutting prices in the world's poorest nations," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports.

11 Mar 2010

Five facts about Obama's proposed changes to Medicare payroll tax

Kaiser Health News staff writer Christopher Weaver outlines some key issues, starting with: "Should affluent Americans have to pay Medicare payroll tax on their investment income?

10 Mar 2010

DSPA's lurasidone NDA accepted for FDA review

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently accepted for review the lurasidone New Drug Application (NDA) for the treatment of patients with acute schizophrenia. The NDA was submitted to FDA on December 30, 2009 and will receive a standard review.

10 Mar 2010

California rescission settlement benefits few consumers

The Associated Press reports on a new California state assembly report that found fewer than 200 people out of the more than 6,000 affected have taken advantage of benefits won by a settlement between state regulators and health insurers that dropped sick policyholders.

10 Mar 2010

Pro- and anti-health reform groups wage last minute attacks

Stephan Payne protested abuses by health insurance companies and pushed for health care reform during a rally Tuesday. The rally was organized by Health Care for America Now and coincided with an annual conference for health insurance executives in D.C. (Jessica Marcy/KHN)

10 Mar 2010

Abortion holding up Democrats endgame on health overhaul

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer "said Tuesday that the abortion fight 'has to be resolved.' The majority leader expressed confidence that the issue would be wrapped up, but he also cautioned reporters that he had not had any formal negotiations with Rep. Bart Stupak, the Michigan Democrat who authored the House abortion restrictions.

10 Mar 2010

States' legislative health initiatives stall

The Boston Globe: "A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative inaction on skyrocketing municipal health care costs, has launched a ballot initiative for 2012 aimed at giving cities and towns more flexibility in reducing expensive benefits for employees, retirees, and elected officials" (Murphy, 3/10).

10 Mar 2010

Today's OpEds: Congressional dealmaking, cutting 'honchos pay,' controlling costs

Legislators need pork to make things happen, especially in an age when chronic obstruction has so weakened the legislative process that policy breakthroughs are almost impossible. This does not excuse all kinds of deal making, nor should we ignore that deals sometimes go too far (Julian E. Zelizer, 3/10).

10 Mar 2010

Health Care REIT prices 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

Health Care REIT, Inc. today announced the pricing of its offering of $342,394,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029.

10 Mar 2010

ZixCorp renewes and expandes contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Zix Corporation, the only email encryption service designed with your most important relationships in mind, has renewed and expanded its contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, a leading North Carolina health system.

10 Mar 2010

McGill University's Nurse Practitioner programs to be sponsored by Abbott

Today Abbott Laboratories announced it will sponsor McGill University's Nurse Practitioner programs launched by the McGill School of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine. Over the last five years, the Nurse Practitioner programs have provided advanced training for registered nurses that enables them to assume additional responsibilities to provide enhanced patient care.

10 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 10, 2010

Protests, million-dollar ad campaigns, deepening partisan fault lines and president's stepped-up health reform end game dominate today's health care headlines.

10 Mar 2010

Few CE studies compare medications with nonpharmacologic interventions, and examine safety or cost-effectiveness

An analysis of comparative effectiveness studies finds that few compare medications with nonpharmacologic interventions, and few examine safety or cost-effectiveness, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

10 Mar 2010

Reductions in tobacco use and increased screening for early detection reduces cancer death rates

A new American Cancer Society study finds progress in reducing cancer death rates is evident whether measured against baseline rates in 1970 or in 1990. The study appears in the open access journal PLos ONE, and finds a downturn in cancer death rates since 1990 results mostly from reductions in tobacco use, increased screening allowing early detection of several cancers, and modest to large improvements in treatment for specific cancers.

10 Mar 2010

TMS blog: Issues surrounding provision of medical services in complex workers' compensation cases

Total Medical Solutions has launched an aptly named blog www.workcompcomplexcare.com that focuses on issues surrounding the provision of medical services in complex workers' compensation cases.

10 Mar 2010

Idahoans buckling under soaring health care costs: No help from Idaho State Senate

Idahoans buckling under soaring health care costs didn't get any help from the Idaho State Senate tonight. In fact, with the passage of the Idaho Health Freedom Act (House Bill 391), they may have just made matters worse.

10 Mar 2010

Bayer's bioequivalence study comparing Adalat XL to Mylan-Nifedipine Extended Release flawed, says Mylan

Mylan today reported that it has identified multiple flaws within a purported bioequivalence study sponsored by Bayer Inc. of Canada. The study compared Bayer's antihypertensive Adalat(R) XL(R) tablets, 60 mg, marketed in Canada, to Mylan's approved generic version, Mylan-Nifedipine Extended Release tablets, 60 mg, marketed in Canada.

10 Mar 2010

African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's and dementias

According to the Alzheimer's Association's® 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, African-Americans are about two times more likely and Hispanics are about one and one-half times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer's and other dementias.

10 Mar 2010

Stay true to the original goals of reform, says Kelsey-Seybold Clinic MD

The national health care debate is far from over. Days removed from his televised national health care forum, President Obama is calling for an "up or down" vote on the measure within the next few weeks.

10 Mar 2010

INPC expands beyond central Indiana to serve patients from southwestern Indiana, southeastern Illinois

The Indiana Network for Patient Care, one of the highest volume health information exchanges in the United States, is expanding beyond central Indiana to serve patients from southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois.

10 Mar 2010

Health Care News and Research

GSK to offer flexible drug pricing in middle-income countries

Five facts about Obama's proposed changes to Medicare payroll tax

DSPA's lurasidone NDA accepted for FDA review

California rescission settlement benefits few consumers

Pro- and anti-health reform groups wage last minute attacks

Abortion holding up Democrats endgame on health overhaul

States' legislative health initiatives stall

Today's OpEds: Congressional dealmaking, cutting 'honchos pay,' controlling costs

Health Care REIT prices 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

ZixCorp renewes and expandes contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

McGill University's Nurse Practitioner programs to be sponsored by Abbott

First Edition: March 10, 2010

Few CE studies compare medications with nonpharmacologic interventions, and examine safety or cost-effectiveness

Reductions in tobacco use and increased screening for early detection reduces cancer death rates

TMS blog: Issues surrounding provision of medical services in complex workers' compensation cases

Idahoans buckling under soaring health care costs: No help from Idaho State Senate

Bayer's bioequivalence study comparing Adalat XL to Mylan-Nifedipine Extended Release flawed, says Mylan

African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's and dementias

Stay true to the original goals of reform, says Kelsey-Seybold Clinic MD

INPC expands beyond central Indiana to serve patients from southwestern Indiana, southeastern Illinois

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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